Car-coupling



P. B. WILLIAMS. 4 Car Coupling.

No. 230,379. Patented July 20,1880.

WITNESSES: LIVED/PRIOR:

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v UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

PHILO B. WILLIAMS OF EDGEBTON, OHIO.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,379, dated July 20, 1880. Application filed February 18, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILo B. WILLIAMS, of Edgerton, in the county of Williams and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Gar-Ooupler, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a sectional plan View of the device on line as m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention relates to that class of couplers with which cars can be coupled without the brakemau going between the cars for that purpose; and it consists of a spear or diamond shaped pointed coupling-bar, and of a draw-head provided with an internal shoulder and a swinging metallic plate, which engage and hold the point of the coupling-bar.

In the drawings, A A represent the drawheads. B is the coupling-bar, provided with a spear or diamond shaped point, a, and with a perforated cross-head, b, at its opposite end.

Within each draw-head is a projecting shoulder, 0, and on the opposite side from said shoulder, and nearer the mouth of the said draw-head, is a vertical pin, d, to which pin is secured one end of abroad metallic plate, (3, which-plate 0 reaches from top to bottom of draw-head A and extends inward past the shoulder c, and is then bent so that its free end returns toward the mouth of thesaid drawhead A, and just opposite the shoulder c of the draw-head is an offset, f, made in the said plate O.

Each draw-head is provided with an opening, g, through its top and bottom, for the passage of a coupling-pin, D, which holds the cross-head end of the coupling-bar B, and on the top of each draw-head A A is a perforated boss or projection, E, down through which is passed the pin F, that holds the metallic plate 0 against the coupling-bar B when coupling.

h is a rod passing vertically through the draw-head within the bend of the plate 0, for the purpose of guiding the entering couplingbar B. I

m is a rod passing through the side of the the shoulder c of the draw-headA and the offset f of the plate 0, the said head a of the coupling-bar B being directed against the shoulder c of the draw-head by contact with the rod h; then the pin F is passed down through the boss or projection E, so as to press the offset f of the plate 0 against the rear slope of the point a of the coupling-bar B, thus holding the said coupling-bar firmly coupled.

On withdrawal of the pin F the couplingbar B is released and the car is uncoupled, and, if necessary, the plate 0 may be pulled back from the point of the coupling-bar B by the rod m, to more readily release the said coupling-bar.

The draw-head A may be provided with the same devicesas the draw-head A, as herein shown and described.

Should one car that is to be coupled be much lower than the opposite one, a portion of the cross-head of the coupling-bar may be cut offas, for instance, on line 2 2, Fig. 2- and used as a washer under the other part of the cross-head to raise it to a proper level.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patout- 1. A car-coupler constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of a coupling-bar, B, provided with a diamond or spear shaped point, a, and a perforated cross-head, b, of a draw-head provided with a shoulder, c, and a bent plate, 0, that is pivoted on a rod, d, and has-an o1fset,f, and of a guiding-rod, h, as set forth.

2. In a car-coupling, the combination of the pin it with the upward incline of the side of draw-head to guide a diamond-shaped pinhead into position, as described.

3. The combination, with draw-head shoulder 0, of the pin F and pivoted plate having a shoulder, 0, provided with bent plate 0, haw offset f to hold the coupler-pin, as shown and in g an offset, f, a guiding-rod, h, and a pin, F, :0

described. constructed and arranged sul'istantially as 4. The combination of the hook-rod m with herein shown and described.

a pivoted plate, 0, extending around and un- PHILO BASLEY WILLIAMS.

der the head of coupler-head, to facilitate the Witnesses:

withdrawal of the latter, as specified. D. R. SPANGLER,

5. In a car-coupler, a draw-head, A, having; A. D. AUSTIN. 

